In the week following their three week work placement students of Year Nine spent one morning each visiting the largest and most mordern Dornseifer Market in Siegen. There they got a guided tour of the discounter that is known for its wide variety of fresh fruit and vegetables. Dornseifer hires new apprentices in a number of professions every year and welcomes students from our school. The assistant market manager, Miss Maike Breuer, who welcomed the visitors from KAS, is a graduate of our school herself. We’ve got a more extensive report and additional pictures at 2012 Dornseifer, Siegen.

Our school was awarded the „Schule der Zukunft“ (school of the future) bade for a second time this year. In an award ceremony attending students and teachers were presented with the badge by the minister of environment, Johannes Remmel. Over past years students under the guidance of teachers Mr Uelner and Mrs Hesselmann have worked hard to revert parts of two local brooks back to nature and to create little ponds for amphibians and insects. Read more about the badge at 2012 – Auszeichung als “Schule der Zukunft”

Year Five, Six and Seven – we are proud of you. You were very diligent and raised over 6.000 €. That’s a lot of money. Two forms even managed to go beyond 900 € each. The money you raised will now go to two charitable causes. It will help support the work of the Sisters of the Holy Redeemer in Tanzania and it will add to the amount needed for the dolphin therapy of little Paul Halfar from Elben. The Sisters of the Holy Redeemer are full of gratitude and send you a big thank you. To see some pictures of their work in Tanzania and what work they have done with money you raised in previous years read 2012 – Ergebnis des Sponsorenwandertags.

In November we’ve got the first of our two parent teacher conferences of this school year. To help parents who work shifts find an appointment slot we offer two separate days, Thursday 15 November from 4 – 7 p.m. and Tuesday 20 November from 2 – 4 p.m.. Please mind that some of our part time teachers won’t be available for appointments on both days! In addition Mr Bock of Berufskolleg Olpe will counsel students who graduate in 2013 and their parents. Mrs Grußkurth of the Olpe job agency will answer questions from parents and students with regard to careers on Thursday 15th. Mrs Flender-Leweke will be available for counseling on Thursday and Tuesday. In case you still need a leaflet with rooms and times and the slip to make our appointment please download it as a pdf: Elternsprechtag_November12_13.pdf